mespotmaia

By kealan
  • 5000 BCE

    5000 BC

    The sumer form the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land
  • 4000 BCE

    4000 BC

    The sumer establish powerful city stats building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    3500 BC

    Much of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by numerous Sumer city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    3300 BC

    The Sumerians invent the first writing. They use pictures for words and inscribe them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    3200 BC

    The Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehicles.
  • 3000 BCE

    3000 BC

    The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60.